Like an ageing actor, playing out of tuneAs he tries on poses and reflexes from his brighter years,We sometimes sit a broken zen. Like a
Étiquette : master
Awakening Behind The Bottle Label
Meditating is a bit like trying to scrape the corner of an old label stuck on a glass bottle.Some will tease it with the tip
Splash of Joy
Stepping on the threshold of quietusSatori : wholly enteringWithin reach of awakening, being spattered With a single drop, a bath of plenitude,In one second of
Master’s Degree : The Question.
A good question any teacher should consider is :Am I ‘offering’ this teaching through myself or am I ‘selling’ myself through this teaching ? Franck
Swimming or Drowning Lessons ?
How unskillful that is,Using others’ errant ways to cover our own wanderings,to take the blanket they would like us to tuck them in with,and try
Subtlety for a Teacher
By endlessly quibbling over the details of the outer posture, don’t we trap ourselves in a suffocating deadend street ? We need to allow the
Zenious of Humour (Jokes of a Bodhisattva)
Humor offers a possibility to sneak into parallel universes.In a flash, the author of a joke tears apart the painting of our representations of reality.
Call Me ‘Master’
Please take a sit, it would be such a shame if I were the only one to admire myself.
Pointing Back : Jesus and the Buddha (quote)
What the Buddha experienced, what Jesus lived : There is no difference.
The Encounter Beyond
He would look at me, patiently, as I would go through the litany of my daily tribulations. I would look back at him. As I
« Zen Master » (quote)
« There can be nothing but self proclaimed masters. The true master does not know himself as such. » Franck Joseph FJ December 2019 All rights
Master Solicitor
Many masters, instead of harnessing the figure of a wise man seem much more appealed to the ideal of the solicitor. They have become the
« Meditation? …not for me. »
A french version is available here : « La méditation, c’est pas pour moi… » Some people have this feeling that meditation is not for them :
Wild Dharma
Dodging… This is also one of the teaching media in the Zen tradition. Laying a trap, greasing the helping hand… Preventing the roots from embedding
Let Them Fall Awake…
Don’t let people believe they should ‘do nothing’ while meditating. Nor let them think their practice should follow a spirit of non-profit. Quite the opposite
Notes & Silence 